“This is a great loss. I offer my condolences to Anna’s family and friends. But this is not a sudden death, Dmitrieva has been seriously ill for a long time.
Dmitrieva is a legend. She is a legendary Soviet tennis player and our legendary commentator. Anna made a huge contribution to the development of tennis. And his programs about our sport and our Olympic victories will stay with us forever. It’s a shame,” Tarpishchev said, as quoted by Match TV.
Anna Dmitrieva was 18 times USSR tennis champion. She ended her sporting career in the early 1970s, after which she began working as a journalist. In 2004, Anna Dmitrieva was inducted into the Russian Tennis Hall of Fame. From 2004 to 2010, she headed the management of the NTV-Plus sports channels.
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